Weekly Meetup/ UL PB !

[gillchaser999]

This week we decided to try somewhere different so we met up at local county water reservoir about an hour from my house .
This particular lake has a couple shaded banks , which with this heat lately , was welcomed .
I took six rods including two Tenkara rods , but 99% of my fishing was with one rod , a St Croix 5’6 Premier ULF paired with a Daiwa Fuego LT 1000d , spooled with 6# dark green Daiwa J-Braid X8 and a 4# Floroclear leader .
Actually 99% of my fishing was with one lure , a gold bladed micro spinner .
If it works why change .
I was busy catching small bluegills and enjoying the bend in the rod , when I made a cast directly out from me and something grabbed my little spinner and within seconds the fish had pulled off about 30-40 yards of line , with drag screaming and then came out of the water , giving us a good look at the size of it .
My first thought was is my little rod was going to handle this fish ? Then I remembered the hook on the little spinner was a tiny size 14 !
It was going to take a lot of luck to land this one .
I carefully worked the bass with a little give and take for several minutes and finally after several runs and about five jumps I started to gain on the fish .
I knew the closer I worked it in , my chances of landing actually went down . Too many things can go wrong .
I got in turned toward the bank and walked backward a few steps pulling its big head upon the edge of the bank . Quickly taking up the line as I knelt down and got a thumb in its mouth .
As I lifted it up it kicked a few times and it was all I could do to hang onto it .
I couldn’t believe the weight .
Over eight pounds , I’m guessing.
My overall and ultralight personal best bass landed.
Oh yeah , I also caught twenty four small bluegills and my buddy caught twenty four also .
The big bass being the winner between us .
A catch I’ll remember!